Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1466 Page: 3 of 5
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Hon. Robert B. McLeaish, Jr., page 3 (WW-14,66)
users' fund, must Hidalgo County bear
the entire cost of travel expenses of
Judge Starley and his reporter? If it
is not necessary for Hidalgo County to
bear this entire cost and the cost can
be spread among the other counties in-
volved in the water suit, what procedure
and what basis of proration must be made
to allow the other counties to pay their
prorated share of the cost of the water
suit?"
Subdivisions 3 and 4 of Section 2a and Section 10 of
Article 200a, Vernon's Civil Statutes, provide as follows:
"(3) In addition to the method set forth
in this Act for the assignment of judges by the
Presiding Judges of the Administrative Judicial
Districts, the Chief Justice shall have the power
to designate and assign judges of one or more
Administrative Judicial Districts for service in
other Administrative Judicial Districts whenever
he deems such assignment necessary to the prompt
and efficient administration of justice. Judges
so assigned by the Chief Justice shall perform
all the duties and functions authorized in this
Act the same as if they had been so designated
and assigned by the Presiding Judges of the Ad-
ministrative Judicial Districts.
"(4) In addition to, and cumulative of, all
other compensation and expenses authorized by law
and this Act, judges who are required to hold
court outside their own districts and out of their
own counties under the provisions of this Act,
shall receive a per diem of 'Tenty-five ($25.00)
Dollars for each day, or fraction thereof, which
they spend outside their said districts and
counties in the performance of their duties; such
additional compensation to be paid in the same
manner as their salaries are paid by the State upon
certificates of approval by the Chief Justice or
by the Presiding Judge of the Administrative Judi-
cial D1strii.t in which they ?.eside."
"Sec. 10. When the district Judges are as-
signed under the provisions of this Act to dis-
tricts other than their own district, and out
of their own counties, they shall, in addition
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1466, text, November 1, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268079/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.